Table 2

Background information on 1996 Quit and Win participants^2-150 and daily smokers ^† aged 18-64 years (%)

Variable		North Karelia				Rest of Finland
Variable		Quit and Win	Daily smokers			p	Quit and Win	Daily smokers	p
Sex
Men	59.6	62.2	0.465		56.3	56.8	0.838
Women	40.4	37.8			43.7	43.2

Age (years)
18–24	18.5	15.1	0.026		23.3	15.4	0.000
25–34	24.8	19.8			30.7	24.4
35–44	29.9	28.1			25.8	24.1
45–54	18.8	23.7			16.3	25.2
55–64	8.0	13.3			3.9	10.9

Years of smoking			0.021				0.000
1–9	32.5	23.6			31.5	23.8
10–19	27.9	28.4			34.0	31.3
⩾20	39.6	48.0			34.5	44.9

Cigarettes smoked/ day			0.045				0.017
1–14	34.6	41.8			33.4	38.5
⩾15	65.4	58.2			66.6	61.5

Previous quit attempts			0.000				0.000
None	6.7	22.6			8.4	27.2
1–2	40.2	46.9			36.2	43.4
⩾3	53.1	30.6			55.5	29.4

↵2-150 From a random sample of registrants. ^†From the health behaviour survey.